Environmental Consequences of Energy Sources

What can citizens do to conserve current energy sources for the future?

• make disposable products

• install solar panels to generate electricity

• use new materials instead of recycled materials

• increase the amount of material used to package goods

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Why is solar energy seldom used as an environmentally safe energy source in households to provide electricity?

• Solar energy can only be used with gasoline.

• Solar energy is difficult to capture and store for later use.

• Solar power facilities destroy animal habitats.

• Solar power creates radioactive waste.

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Which practice should be used with nonrenewable energy

resources until affordable alternate energy options are developed?

• depletion

• stockpiling

• conservation

• preservation

Which will most likely occur if fossil fuels continue to be used globally as the primary energy resource?

• The amount of available food will increase.

• The amount of pollution in the oceans will decrease.

• The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will increase.

• The amount of health concerns affecting the human population will decrease.

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A family builds an environmentally-friendly home. They want to use a renewable energy source that is the least dangerous to the environment. Which source of energy should they use to heat their home?

• geothermal

• natural gas

• nuclear power

• oil

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Greenhouse gases are often produced as a result of obtaining and using fossil fuels. Which greenhouse gas most likely has the greatest impact on global warming?

• nitrous oxide

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• oxygen

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Which best explains the environmental consequences associated with generating hydroelectric power?

• Hydroelectric dams produce large amounts of oxygen.

• Reservoirs are also used for water sports and recreation.

• Reservoirs cause habitat disruption of surrounding areas.

• Hydroelectric dams produce large amounts of carbon dioxide.

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Which best describes a way energy can be conserved?

• drilling new oil wells off the coastline

• reducing transportation by automobiles

• decreasing the collection of energy through solar panels

• increasing the amount of electricity produced in nuclear power plants

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What is a consequence of biofuel production?

• not enough corn

• miscanthus grass

• nutrient pollution

• coal ash spills

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Which are considered "Green" energy sources?

• uranium and biofuels because they are green in color

• solar and wind because they produce the least pollution

• coal and oil because they make people turn green

• British Petroleum, because their logo is green

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